Extension-top kitchen-table.



' No. 889,407. Pateilfed Dec. 24, l90l.

W. C. ORGAN.

EXTENSION TOP- KITGHEN TABLE.

(Application filed July 29, 1901.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. ORGAN, or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR or oNE- HALF TO H.

J. MOORE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,407, dated December 24, 1901.

Application filed July 22, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. ORGAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, in the State of California, have invented a new and useful Extension-Top Kitchen-Table,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved construction of extension-top for that class or description of table for household use which is furnished with bins or compartments to contain flour in addition to the usual drawers to hold various utensils and articles.

The invention has for its object, mainly, to provide tables of that class with an extensible top that will give when desired a considerable increase in area of table-surface and when not in use it will not shut OK or prevent ready access to the drawers and compartments of the table.

To such end and object my invention con sists in certain novel parts and combination of parts, as hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims at the end of this specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a kitchen-table embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation with the extension-top folded and out of use. Fig. 3is a similar view showing the top extended. Figs. at and 5 are detail views on a large scale.

In carrying out and applying myinvention the table-top a, corresponding in length and breadth to the dimensions of the table, is attached to the table-frame w by means of dovetailed strips b on the top, and the tableframe grooved bars 0, in which the strips 17 are fitted to slide.

7 In the present construction the parts I) are dovetailed strips secured to the under side of the board a, while the other parts 0 are grooved rails fastened in position across the ends of the table upon the corner-posts, so that the top, while being confined against vertical movement, is capable of sliding horizontally from over the top of the frame in one direction for a distance about equal to onehalf the width of the top,or thereabout. The

parts I) 0 can be reversed as to the position above described, in which case the strips b Serial No. 69,242. (No model.)

will be stationary on the table-frame, while the grooved'bars 0 will be secured to the movable top a.

On the back edge of the slidable top a board 5 5 e, equal in linear dimensions to the top a, is attached by hinges ff to the last-mentioned part, and on its underside are fastened strips 9, similar to the parts I) and of proper size to fit and Work in the grooved rails o.

The part 'e when not in use hangs perpendicularly down at the back of the table, and being permanently attached to the top a it necessarily follows the movements of the lat ter part, so that when the top a is drawn forward the attached leaf or part eswill be raised to a horizontal position, whereby the dovetailed strips 9 will be drawn into and caused to interlock with the grooved rails c.

When the top and the attached part are 7e brought in line and position in this manner, one-half of each board will rest on the frame and support the weight of the overhanging half, thus maintaining both parts of the top in an extended position and in the same hori- 7 5 zontal plane without props or additional supports of any kind.

The extent of the sliding movement of the top when it is drawn forward is controlled by an automatic stop it, accessible from the outside and taking through the side of the grooved bar 0 in a slot or notch m in the strip 1). The inner end of this stop is held against the side of the movable strip b by a coiled spring, which throws it automatically into action as soon as the notch m is brought in line with it. This stop determines the extent of movement of the table-top and also prevents it from sliding or being forced back by a person accidentally bearing against the front edge of the top. A similar notch 72. controls the backward movement of the top a when it is returned to place to reduce the table-surface to its normal size.

Having thus fully described my invention, 5 What I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an extension-top table, the combination of a body comprising a frame and supporting-legs, a slidable top permanently at- 10c tached to the frame by parallel dovetailed strips on the one end and dovetail'grooves on the other part, the said top having limited sliding movement widthwise of the frame, a drop-section hinged to the slidable top on one side and having dovetail strips on the under side adapted to be brought in line for engagement with the dovetails on the table-frame when the drop-section is raised to a horizontal position, and means for limiting thelongitudinal movement of the slidable top on the frame.

2. In an extension-top table the combination, of a supporting-frame having parallel grooves across the top widthwise of the frame, and a top composed of two sections permanently attached together by hinges, dovetail strips on the under side of said sections, one of said sections being permanently attached by its dovetail strips to the frame, but having limited sliding movement therein, and

the other section capable of being attached to and detached from the frame by the dovetail strips engaging and disengaging the grooves on the frame, and a stop adapted to limit the longitudinal movement.

3. The combination of a table-frame, a slidable top thereon, connecting dovetail strips and grooves on the frame and the slidable top, connecting the latter to the frame while allowing transverse movement thereon, an extension-leaf hinged to the table-top and movable therewith when raised to a horizontal position, dovetail strips on said extensionleaf adapted to detachably engage the grooves on the table-frame, and a stop operating to limit the longitudinal movement of the top.

In Witness whereof I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses WILLIAM G. ORGAN.

Witn esses:

EDWARD E. OsBoRN, ARTHUR S. Sivana 

